Russian Theatre At the Margins of High Putinism

Russian Theatre at the Margins of High Putinism traces the development of fringe theatre in Russia over the course of the second decade of the twenty-first century.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Post-Zero: Documentary Theatre after One Hour Eighteen Minutes


• 2: Document-Based Performance: 'New Documentarism'


• 3: Body Politics: 'New Drama' in High Putinism


• 4: Actionist Theatre: The Burden of Cargo 300


• Conclusion: Make Your Choice!

About the author

Alex Trustrum-Thomas is a Visiting Researcher at Karazin Kharkiv National University. His research interests include contemporary theatre and performance, the Russo-Ukrainian War, ideology, censorship, and the legacy of communism in Eastern Europe. His postdoctoral research project examining wartime culture in eastern Ukraine was funded by a Leverhulme Study Abroad Studentship. He is a contributing author to various theatre publications, as well as being a translator of Russian documentary drama for stage and podcast. He holds a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Trustrum-Thomas, Alex (Visiting Researcher Trustrum-Thomas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2025
• EAN: 9780198971115
• ISBN: 978-0-19-897111-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ethical Issues: Censorship, Literary studies: plays and playwrights